René Gasnier Travel Journal, 1907
| dc.contributor.author | Cameron, Chantal | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-26T18:18:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-26T18:18:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-05-26 | |
| dc.description | René Gasnier (1874-1913) was a French aviator who competed in the Gordon-Bennett Cup (ballooning) in 1907. The Gordon-Bennett Cup (or Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett) is the world’s oldest gas balloon race. Gasnier represented the Aéro Club de France in the 1907 race, which began from St. Louis. He covered 1800 kilometres in 38 hours in the balloon Anjou, placing 7th in the race. His interest in flying extended to gliders and planes, and in 1908 he designed an aircraft that he successfully took out for a short flight at an altitude of about 6 metres. His aircraft is kept in the regional air museum in Angers-Marcé. He went on to become a pilot and instructor. | |
| dc.description.abstract | This manuscript is titled “Villes Americaines: notes d’un accounte de la Coupe Gordon Benett aux Etats-Unis (Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1907)”. The manuscript is written in French by René Gasnier. The translated title is “American Cities: notes from an account of the Gordon Bennett Cup in the United States”. Gasnier was an aviator who represented France in the prestigious Gordon Bennett Cup (the world’s oldest gas balloon race) in 1907. The notes in this manuscript would lead to the publication of “American Cities” in 1909, in which he recounts his experiences and observations while travelling to New York, and then to St. Louis, to participate in the Bennett Cup. He finished 7th in the race after a 38-hour flight. He then continues on a sightseeing tour, visiting Albany, Schenectady, Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Boston, Quebec, Montreal, Philadelphia, and Washington. The manuscript is 100 pages, plus a one-page table of contents at the end of the manuscript. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10464/19390 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | RG 931 | |
| dc.rights | CC0 1.0 Universal | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Description and Travel | |
| dc.subject | Toronto Power Generating Station (Niagara Falls, Ont.) | |
| dc.title | René Gasnier Travel Journal, 1907 | |
| dc.type | Other |